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The sad story of Agaricus rhacodes/rachodes: Why would an orthographical error with limited current use become accepted through conservation?
Demoulin, Luc; Demoulin, Vincent
2013In Taxon, 62 (5), p. 1019-1024
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Keywords :
Code Art. 60; Greek to Latin transliteration; orthography of scientific names
Abstract :
[en] The spelling rachodes used by Vittadini in 1833 for a new species of Agaricus has often been considered a correct- able orthographical error for rhacodes. Use of the original spelling has however been occasional and was recently promoted by Vellinga and coworkers. The arguments used to support this practice, especially developed by Vellinga and Pennycook, when proposing conservation of rachodes in 2010 are refuted. It is shown that it is philologically illogical to assume an adjective rachodes could have been created, while the existing rhacodes was obviously meant. The use of the two spellings presented by Vellinga and Pennycook is shown to be incomplete. The conclusion is that rachodes should be corrected under Art. 60.1 to rhacodes, the spelling used for every other organism with that epithet, and that this correction is far more universal, including outside Europe, than the usage claimed for justifying a conservation of rachodes. The expenditure of energy caused by the Vellinga and Pennycook proposal shows that new ways to handle orthography of scientific names should be explored.
Research center :
Eukaryotic phylogenomics
Disciplines :
Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...)
Author, co-author :
Demoulin, Luc ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > 2e an. master lang. & litt. anc., or. class., fin. approf.
Demoulin, Vincent ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Département des sciences de la vie
Language :
English
Title :
The sad story of Agaricus rhacodes/rachodes: Why would an orthographical error with limited current use become accepted through conservation?
Publication date :
October 2013
Journal title :
Taxon
ISSN :
0040-0262
eISSN :
1996-8175
Publisher :
International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Vienna, Austria
Volume :
62
Issue :
5
Pages :
1019-1024
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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